continued Thatfucker discussion

[anonniemouse]

Since we've been kicked off FFA for the week, please feel free to continue the anon discussion here. Apologies if this is a big flop - I've never made a DW community before!

The rules are vaguely the same as they are over on FFA. Please refrain from being too much of an asshole, making personal attacks, posting identifying information or engaging in transfail.

ETA: If there's information you'd like to see archived (journal/blog posts related to Andy, etc.), please dump it here and link to it from the main post for discussing.

Comments

Re: Andy admits he abused people for "attention"; remains the victim of an unjust witch-hunt

[(Anonymous)]

There's also a thinly veiled suicide threat hiding under all the wordvomit. His spn friends need to stay in touch, talk for hours, fight his demons with their wonderfulness or who knows what he'll have to do. It's a he'll of a lot of pressure to put on people who are linked only through fandom.

Not to run fandom down or anything; it's a big part of my leisure life. But the use of being declared responsible for someone's total wellbeing because we enjoy the same tv show and post about that show on the internet is just ridiculous. He's laying a huge, unasked for burden at their feet and threatening dire consequences if they don't pick it up.

Re: Andy admits he abused people for "attention"; remains the victim of an unjust witch-hunt

[(Anonymous)]

+1

The lines about SPN fans being his "family" are particularly manipulative and kind of ironic, considering one of the core messages of Supernatural is that being too self-sacrificing in the name of family leads to misery and destruction.

Re: Andy admits he abused people for "attention"; remains the victim of an unjust witch-hunt

[(Anonymous)]

And if he studied the fandom at all, he has to be aware that a lot of the fans romanticize that self-sacrifice as well.

So they're weeping inside for Sam and Dean, and along comes Andy who announces himself as a brother in need, just waiting to be saved. What's a little self-destruction in service of that worth, anyway.